Prevalence of overweight and obesity in preschool children in Thessaloniki, Greece

Maria Hassapidou, Efstratia Daskalou, Fotini Tsofliou, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Anastasia Paschaleri, Ioannis Pagkalos, Themistoklis Tzotzas

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OBJECTIVE: Data on obesity in preschoolers are scarce in Greece, a country particularly affected by the obesity epidemic. The present study aimed to assess overweight and obesity prevalence of preschoolers in Thessaloniki, Greece, by using three different standards for defining childhood overweight and obesity …